Creative Work Database

Listing of creative work related to Singapore.

Our new Creative Work database is a repository for literary and dramatic works related to Singapore which are written by FASS Faculty and Students, past and present. The contents of this work-in-progress call on the theories and techniques taught and researched at FASS. Some of the creative work links to a sample of the original text. Research is also ongoing and the database will grow as we continue to update it. Items with the symbol “i” indicate that an abstract is available.

To search more effectively, please use the MLA or APA citation style which uses the author’s last name and initials.

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The song was regarded as the 2003 Singapore National Day parade theme song,and its Chinese name "Quan Xin Quan Yi"can be translated into English--"One United People".Undoubtedly,it is the refined description of the harmony in our homeland Singapore.Let's sing together!"One Singapore,One Nation strong and free,A thousand different voices,Sing in harmony,We will stand together,Together hand in hand
As One united people,For Singapore, my homeland..

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This piece talks about the growth of Malay literature in Singapore. Aside from that, it elaborates on the roles of Asas '50 and other literary organisation as well as the role of the government in promoting the Malay language and literature.

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This working paper discusses the importance of co-operation between writers in the Malay archipelago. Masuri cited examples of having writers from Singapore invited to literary events and activities in the archipelago as a good way to exchange ideas and to learn from each other. Besides that, it is believed that creating an organisation for the writers in the region is greatly effective in developing the Malay literary scene in each country including Singapore.

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A woman returns from abroad. In her state of jetlag, she finds herself falling between the gaps of the past and present.
In long, poetic shots, sorrow and loneliness are tangible. With the film, Hui has created a small-scale drama that evokes questions but does not answer them.
Throughout the presentation of the narrative, Hui is interested in images that are uneasy of themselves – images that seem to want to be other images. With a Heideggerian ontological concern in mind, Hui pushes each image to the horizon of being and non-being, and of truth and illusion.
10 min

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It feels unkind to reveal a long-held secret of Who Wants to Buy a Book of Poems? published in 1988 – the published form, known and loved for years, is quite unlike the poet’s original manuscript.
In 1998, when Landmark Books sought to introduce Gwee Li Sui, it reckoned that a slim, focused volume could showcase his distinct voice better. That decision had led to the manuscript being halved and its shape changed subtly.
Also, Who Wants to Buy a Book of Poems? was a very naughty book and, given the sensitivity of the times, a gentler text was published. The current book sees a couple of those changes reversed only because more readers today are able to bring the right frame of mind to their reading.
While reading this unexpurgated edition, you may get a pricking sense of the poet being an excitable madman. What manner of madness he suffered remains unclear. With nothing left but silly speculations, do enjoy this recovered text or to correct your enjoyment of an old book you thought you knew.